Owners of the Blue Wisp are looking to move the jazz club from its current location at 318 E. Eighth Street in downtown Cincinnati.

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Owners of the Blue Wisp Jazz Club hope that a new downtown location will allow it to survive as Cincinnati's premiere venue for jazz.

They are in discussions with Towne Properties about moving from the club about five blocks to the former Redfish restaurant at Seventh and Race streets, Downtown. The space, which is 7,100 square feet in two rooms, has housed Sully's and Bagpipes Irish Pub since Redfish closed in 2006.

"We're exploring other things, and the best thing that came up was this property," confirmed co-owner Ed Felson, on Friday. ...